August 2, 2018

3D Gun Blueprints

hours before they were set to hit the internet... The decision blocked a settlement President Donald Trump’s administration had reached with a Texas-based company which initially said it planned to put files online on Wednesday.” (Reuters)

The right believes the first amendment protects dissemination of 3-D printed gun designs, noting that such designs are already widely available on the internet.

“The ability to circumvent lawful and reasonable processes for purchase will undermine the work of all law enforcement.

Washington Post

. Simply stated, the laws covering the manufacture of traditional guns need to apply to the creation of 3D guns as well. That means we also need mandatory background checks for all gun buyers, including online, at gun shows, and for all 3D-printed guns.

“From what we’ve already learned by examining the Liberator handgun, we can see that the gun is

The right believes the first amendment protects dissemination of 3-D printed gun designs, noting that such designs are already widely available on the internet.

Gun blueprints “are nothing more than information... If any readers are fans of ‘Breaking Bad,’ you might be pleased to know that publishing or downloading Walter White’s meth recipe—were it a real thing—would be fully protected by the First Amendment, even if following the recipe to create the Blue Sky product would land you in the pokey.”

The Federalist

“You don’t need a license to make a gun for personal use; you need one only if you make a gun for sale or distribution... [in addition] plastic-gun plans are but one Google search away for every man, woman, and child in the United States. Just before I wrote this piece, I typed a single phrase and found plans for multiple guns.”